Jay Leno recently got up close and personal with the McLaren Elva, a sexy speedster devoid of a windshield (though one is available) and packing over 800 horses. The design is extreme, and in this latest episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage” we learn about some concessions made to get the car legal on the street,
Month: January 2022
What kind of car is the 2022 Land Rover Defender? What does it compare to? The 2022 Land Rover Defender is an off-road-oriented SUV that attacks its mission with a unibody design and more luxury than rivals such as the Ford Bronco, Jeep Wrangler, and Toyota 4Runner. Is the 2022 Land Rover Defender a good
The automotive market is reaching a turning point. Electric vehicles are very much the future and Korea’s Kia is making a switch too, one that they’ve been working on for years. It’s actually producing its third-generation electric motor and placing it at the heart of the all-new and all-electric EV6. We liked this car’s corporate
Opel/Vauxhall has promoted Florian Huettl to lead its sales and marketing unit. Huettl, 45, succeeds former Renault and PSA Group executive Stephen Norman, 67, who is retiring after an auto industry career of more than 45 years. Prior to becoming sales and marketing chief for Opel/Vauxhall in 2021, Norman was head of Vauxhall and before
Instead of running a Super Bowl commercial this year, Hyundai is getting into a fictional version of the game with the help of an imaginary ad crew. The automaker’s upcoming Ioniq 5 was featured in the ABC sitcom “black-ish” this month, with star Anthony Anderson, who plays an ad executive named Andre Johnson, working on
While Tesla has been unable to deliver vehicles like the Cybertruck, Semi, and Roadster on time, and has announced that it won’t launch any new models this year, it has managed to find the time (and resources) to develop and launch a microphone in China. Simply known as the ‘TeslaMic’, the microphone is currently only
Cox Automotive, a unit of privately held Cox Enterprises, has launched a new Mobility division to provide commercial services to vehicle manufacturers, dealers and fleet operators, the company said on Monday. Cox Automotive Mobility will offer data, insights and technical expertise in four areas — fleet services, fleet operations, EV battery solutions and emerging ventures.
The Tesla Model X Plaid combines two seemingly opposite qualities in a very interesting package. It is a roomy and practical six-seat family car—and therefore a heavy vehicle—that can accelerate more quickly than pretty much anything else on the road. The 2022 Model X Plaid packs 1,020 horsepower from a tri-motor powertrain that enables it
Freeman H. Shen, Founder, Chairman & CEO of WM Motor, speaks during Fireside Chat on Day 2 of CNBC East Tech West at LN Garden Hotel Nansha Guangzhou on November 28, 2018 in Nansha, Guangzhou, China. Dave Zhong/Getty Images for CNBC International BEIJING — Covid-related restrictions have increased production costs for Chinese electric car start-up
MILAN — Stellantis said its unit FCA Italy and other Italian subsidiaries had repaid a 6.3 billion euro ($7 billion) loan to Italy’s top lender Intesa Sanpaolo. The loan was “instrumental” in the restart of industrial production after the COVID-19 outbreak and provided continuity for key investment projects, the company said in a statement on
3:14 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — What a year for Helio Castroneves, the ageless Spider-Man of motorsports. Castroneves climbed the fence for the third time in a calendar year Sunday after earning another crown jewel victory, this time a second consecutive win in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The Brazilian closed out
Japan is home to all kinds of wonderful cars but if we were importing a car from the Land of the Rising Sun, it certainly wouldn’t be this. Nevertheless, this bizarre creation is being imported into the United States by a company dubbed SCW Performance. While you may think it is a Lexus IS for
A few years ago, Nissan’s U.S. business was in free fall — its balance sheet hemorrhaging, a rebellious dealer body and customers largely uninterested in the brand. Nissan’s outlook today is decidedly brighter. The Japanese automaker is at the tail end of a product overhaul that is drawing more customer attention. Tight new-vehicle supplies and
By Simon Alvarez Posted on January 30, 2022 Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to dealing with negative publicity against electric cars. Having led Tesla since the days of the original Roadster, Musk knows how challenging it is to go against the narrative that EVs are dangerous, unreliable, and prone to catching fire. Recently,
In this article TSLA Tesla finds itself starting 2022 in reverse, with its shares declining more than 9% to begin the year. Elon Musk‘s electric automaker is scheduled to report earnings after the bell on Wednesday, and options traders are betting those results could be just the thing to kick the stock into high gear.
The Ford Mustang is finally set to enter the IMSA SportsCar Championship, with the car’s first season of competition locked in for 2024. The Blue Oval on Friday announced plans to develop a Mustang GT3 race car in partnership with Multimatic, the Canadian motorsport and engineering company that builds Ford’s GT supercar, as well as
BERLIN — Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the automaker has stopped work for now on a compact electric car, which previous reports said was being developed for the European market. “We are not currently working on a $25,000 car,” Musk said during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Jan. 26. “At some point we will.
Not too long ago, I wrote an article asking if we should start including other modern pony and muscle cars in with the Mustang memes and the wider internet seems to believe that Nissan Altima drivers deserve to be included, too. Apparently, that has gotten Mustang drivers jealous because one has gone and staked his
Both on the ground and in the air, autonomous taxis remain an enticing prospect for financial investment. Two autonomous-vehicle companies revealed substantial funding last week, with Toyota-backed May Mobility raising $83 million in a series C round that keeps the startup on pace to begin “driver-out” operations in 2023. It will take a little longer
A rendering of Boom Supersonic’s Overture jet. Boom Supersonic Boom Supersonic, which is developing ultra-fast airplanes it believes will lead the return of commercial supersonic flights, has picked Greensboro, N.C. to build and test those planes. The plant, which is expected to employ 1,250 by the end of the decade, is the latest example of
One could have excused Hyundai for playing it safe with the fourth-generation Tucson. After all, it is one of the brand’s most popular models and, usually, one does not mess with a successful recipe. Despite this, Hyundai did very much the opposite with the new Tucson, making it stand out on the road with striking
Daimler CEO Ola Kallenius is pursuing a higher valuation for the luxury-car maker as the manufacturer shifts deeper into electric vehicles packed with digital gadgets. Following the spinoff of Daimler’s truck unit in December, the automaker will change its name to Mercedes-Benz on Feb. 1, to signal its segue to a nimble standalone unit tackling
10:24 AM ET Some minor adjustments will be made to the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix’s Jeddah street circuit to improve driver visibility around corners, organisers said on Thursday. “Firstly, there are going to be one or two slight changes to the track,” Saudi Motorsport Company Chief Executive Martin Whitaker said in a statement. “These tweaks
A recent video of a road rage incident between a Honda Accord and a Ford F-150 Raptor is as fine an example as any of why losing your cool on the road is a bad idea. The footage was shot on a dashcam (and smartphone) from a third vehicle on the Palisades Parkway. The person
Lamborghini Philadelphia is putting the “I” into in its “F&I” to make sure customers get what they want. About a year ago the Devon, Pa., dealership began offering auto and homeowners insurance policies to its white-shoe clientele. The move is generating additional revenue for the dealership and fostering goodwill from customers. When selling a new
This week on Electrek’s new Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This week that includes high-speed electric bikes from VanMoof, e-bike copies from Fiido, partnerships between Yamaha/Gogoro, Swedish electric motorcycles coming to the US and lots more… The new Wheel-E podcast
In this article .FKRX300 TSLA GM Electric vehicles provide a path to better air quality, reduced fuel costs and comprise a growing new category for automakers. But with the transition to electric transportation comes a new challenge: Vehicles with lithium ion batteries can be especially dangerous when they catch fire. The good news is battery
Ford’s Bronco Raptor finally arrived this week, and it’s even wilder than we had imagined. The high-performance off-roader combines a 400-plus-hp twin-turbo V-6 with the suspension of the bigger F-150 Raptor, enabling it to handle speeds of over 100 mph on essentially any terrain. 2023 Toyota Sequoia A redesigned Toyota Sequoia sharing a platform with
With a point gained for its muck-running talent, and one lost to its imprecise road feel, the Wrangler chalks up a 5 for performance, based on the most common versions with the standard engine and an automatic transmission. How fast is the Jeep Wrangler? The Wrangler’s most common powertrain combines a 285-hp 3.6-liter V-6 with
RUTHERFORD, Calif. — Gasoline-powered vehicles are banned inside Inglenook Winery’s vast Infinity Caves, which can be good for the quality of its most popular varietals but problematic for workers trying to move heavy equipment, like the massive stainless-steel fermenting tanks. Among the estate’s 235 acres of grapevines, employees often lug cumbersome generators to keep saws
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